As a futurist, the end of the year means it is once again time to release a structured look at the future. As every year, at Future Exploration Network we are using a substantially different format from our most other annual frameworks, 12 Themes for 2012 and Zeitgeist 2011.

I have taught a lot of people how to draw their ideas. One of the questions that comes up over and over is “now that I can draw my ideas, how do I know what to draw to get my ideas across?” ” In other words, “I have a communication goal, how can I figure out the best way to draw that?” ” It’s not just how to draw, but what to draw.

Martin White blogged yesterday about Watching an organisation reorganise – implications for IA and search , which shared the incredible animation created by Autodesk Research: This shows the evolution of Autodesk’s organisational structure over a span of 1498 days. This is best explained by the Autodesk research blog post. (I’d I’d also strongly recommend changing the video to HD resolution, and watching it full screen, ideally in a darkened room.). MORE >>

I have just had a look at the most popular posts this year on my blog, and very interestingly almost all of the top dozen were written before this year, with perennials like the launches of our Web 2.0 Framework , Social Media Strategy Framework , Trend Map to 2050 , and Newspaper Extinction Timeline still attracting consistent very healthy traffic. Below are the most popular posts written this year on my blog. I will share the list of all-time favorites another time. MORE >>

How the mind works, the dark side of creativity and how to be a great leader: these and more. Here's my review of the psychological insights covered here on PsyBlog in 2012 that have proved most popular with you, the readers. How the mind works. Never let it be said that the titles for my articles lack ambition! Here we dipped our toes into 10 counterintuitive psychology studies , the findings from which help show that psychology is much more than just common sense. MORE >>

John Stepper discusses how people can get started working out loud and shows examples of different types of networks that one could connect with. It’s very easy to understand, but not quite so easy to do. Most people are too busy managing in the industrial/information age workplace and have no slack to try to learn how work in the network age. But they probably won’t. Because they’re already busy. Because they’re afraid to make a mistake or unsure of their writing or speaking skills. MORE >>

One of the challenges embedding a strategy is helping people relate their job to it. Strategies often seems distant and abstract. How does a person in one of the far flung corners of the organisation contribute to the pursuit of a new corporate strategy? This simple technique is based on the idea that we don't really understand something until we can tell ourselves a story to explain it. So why not help people tell a story about their job and the new strategy with a story spine. MORE >>